VX MINE MAPPING TUTORIAL
This tutorial will teach you how to map a mine, with screenshots and stuff.
Aye, Welcome to Levent's mapping tutorial! Today we will be learning on how to map a MINE! Yay!
The first thing to know, is which tiles to use.
The Tiles
Mapping Procedure
First, make a rough sketch on how the mine would be using the cave wall and cave floor tiles. Try to always remember that
nature is random and thus they are NOT STRAIGHT. (https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi185.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx99%2FGesselschaft35%2FForums%2Fsmile.gif&hash=f1c2c4f02c9d90e1aa7fa0ef9de7518b1b5b9020)
Here is a good example:
And here is a bad example :
See the difference?
Number Two, is to make the cave walls look as if someone has actually used the place as a mine. Time to use the planks!
Note that this step is quite crucial on creating the mine atmosphere.
Next, which is the most time-consuming is the construction / placement of the railways for mine carts. But of course, not every single part
of the mine need to have them. This is shown just for an example how to do it.
Please be reminded that you can put switches for railway puzzles near these rails, to add more quality to the gameplay.
The last step, which is may be different between rpg makers are the finishing touches. Add rocks, piles of dirt and stone, dig marks, and
basically anything to your maps to make it look and act better for your game. Events are also always an option, like lanterns and miners. (https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi185.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx99%2FGesselschaft35%2FForums%2Fsmile.gif&hash=f1c2c4f02c9d90e1aa7fa0ef9de7518b1b5b9020)
And this is what I've come up with:
And that's the end of the tutorial, arrr!
Aye, I hope that you learned something from this tutorial and be able to take some of my suggestions and ideas to make
a hard-earned quality-made VX map rather than a simply crappy map. Maps are an important part in any game, all story and gameplay revolves in it.
-Leventhan(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi185.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fx99%2FGesselschaft35%2FForums%2Flaugh.gif&hash=453317a74b8e89c44406e0b9a4d57e83de0b0d7d)
12/05/08
Tutorial update : Added a bad example of laying tiles.